EP0764138A1 - Traitement de liqueurs de lessivage pour la valorisation de materiaux titaniferes. - Google Patents

Traitement de liqueurs de lessivage pour la valorisation de materiaux titaniferes.

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EP0764138A1
EP0764138A1 EP95915074A EP95915074A EP0764138A1 EP 0764138 A1 EP0764138 A1 EP 0764138A1 EP 95915074 A EP95915074 A EP 95915074A EP 95915074 A EP95915074 A EP 95915074A EP 0764138 A1 EP0764138 A1 EP 0764138A1
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leachant
leaching
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silica
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Michael John Hollitt
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
    • C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
    • C22B34/12—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08
    • C22B34/1236—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching
    • C22B34/1259—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching treatment or purification of titanium containing solutions or liquors or slurries
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B3/00—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
    • C22B3/04—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching
    • C22B3/12—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching in inorganic alkaline solutions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
    • C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
    • C22B34/12—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08
    • C22B34/1236—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching
    • C22B34/1254—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching using basic solutions or liquors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
    • Y02P10/20—Recycling

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  • the present invention relates to the treatment of a leachant used in leaching impurities from a titaniferous material to upgrade the titania content of the titaniferous material.
  • titanium material is understood herein to mean a material which contains at least 2 wt% titanium.
  • the present invention relates to the treatment of a leachant to enhance the effectiveness of the leachant for the removal of impurities in titaniferous materials.
  • the present invention is concerned with minimising the effect on a leaching process of silica and alumina, which are present as impurities in many titaniferous materials.
  • the present invention provides a process whereby the concentrations of silica and alumina in a recycling leachant in a leaching process are maintained below concentrations that affect adversely the leaching process.
  • titanium dioxide bearing feedstocks are fed with coke to chlorinators of various designs (fluidised bed, shaft, molten salt), operated to a maximum temperature in the range 700 - 1200°C.
  • chlorinators of various designs (fluidised bed, shaft, molten salt), operated to a maximum temperature in the range 700 - 1200°C.
  • the most common type of industrial chlorinator is of the fluidised bed design.
  • Gaseous chlorine is passed through the titania and carbon bearing charge, converting titanium dioxide to titanium tetrachloride gas, which is then removed in the exit gas stream and condensed to liquid titanium tetrachloride for further purification and processing.
  • the chlorination process as conducted in industrial chlorinators is well suited to the conversion of pure titanium dioxide feedstocks to titanium tetrachloride.
  • most other inputs i.e. impurities in feedstocks
  • the attached table provides an indication of the types of problems encountered.
  • each unit of inputs which does not enter products contributes substantially to the generation of wastes for treatment and disposal.
  • Some inputs e.g. heavy metals, radioactives
  • Preferred inputs to chlorination are therefore high grade materials, with the mineral rutile (at 95-96% Ti0 2 ) the most suitable of present feeds.
  • Si Accumulates Can encourage May require in duct distillation chlorinator, blockage. from product reducing Condenses in campaign part with life. titanium Consumes tetrachloride coke, chlorine
  • the titaniferous product of separation is treated with 2-5% aqueous sulphuric acid for dissolution of manganese and some residual iron.
  • aqueous sulphuric acid for dissolution of manganese and some residual iron.
  • Recent disclosures have provided a process which operates reduction at lower temperatures and provides for hydrochloric acid leaching after the aqueous aeration and iron oxide separation steps.
  • the process is effective in removing iron, manganese, alkali and alkaline earth impurities, a substantial proportion of aluminium inputs and some vanadium as well as thorium.
  • the process may be operated as a retrofit on existing kiln based installations. However, the process is ineffective in full vanadium removal and has little chemical impact on silicon.
  • ilmenite is first thermally reduced to substantially complete reduction of its ferric oxide content (i.e. without substantial metallisation), normally in a rotary kiln.
  • the cooled, reduced product is then leached under 35 psi pressure at 140-150°C with excess 20% hydrochloric acid for removal of iron, magnesium, aluminium and manganese.
  • the leach liquors are spray roasted for regeneration of hydrogen chloride, which is recirculated to the leaching step.
  • the ilmenite undergoes grain refinement by thermal oxidation followed by thermal reduction (either in a fluidised bed or a rotary kiln) .
  • the cooled, reduced product is then subjected to atmospheric leaching with excess 20% hydrochloric acid, for removal of the deleterious impurities.
  • Acid regeneration is also performed by spray roasting in this process.
  • impurity removal is similar. Vanadium, aluminium and silicon removal is not fully effective.
  • ilmenite is thermally reduced (without metallisation) with carbon in a rotary kiln, followed by cooling in a nonoxidising atmosphere.
  • the cooled, reduced product is leached under 20-30 psi gauge pressure at 130°C with 10-60% (typically 18-25%) sulphuric acid, in the presence of a seed material which assists hydrolysis of dissolved titania, and consequently assists leaching of impurities.
  • Hydrochloric acid usage in place of sulphuric acid has been claimed for this process, under such circumstances similar impurity removal to that achieved with other hydrochloric acid based systems is to be expected. Where sulphuric acid is used radioactivity removal will not be complete.
  • a commonly adopted method for upgrading of ilmenite to higher grade products is to smelt ilmenite with coke addition in an electric furnace, producing a molten titaniferous slag (for casting and crushing) and a pig iron product.
  • a molten titaniferous slag for casting and crushing
  • a pig iron product Of the problem impurities only iron is removed in this manner, and then only incompletely as a result of compositional limitations of the process.
  • a wide range of potential feedstocks is available for upgrading to high titania content materials suited to chlorination.
  • Examples of primary titania sources which cannot be satisfactorily upgraded by prior art processes for the purposes of production of a material suited to chlorination include hard rock (non detrital) ilmenites, siliceous leucoxenes, many primary (unweathered) ilmenites and large anatase resources.
  • Many such secondary sources e.g. titania bearing slags also exist.
  • titania pigment by the chloride process require feedstocks to have silica levels as low as possible. In general most feedstocks are less than 2% Si0 2 . Where, for various reasons, feedstocks with high levels of silica may be taken in, they are blended against other low silica feedstocks, often with significant cost and productivity penalties. Therefore suppliers of titaniferous feedstocks for chlorination traditionally select ores and concentrates which will result in beneficiated products with low levels of silica. This is generally achieved by mineral dressing techniques based on physical separations. In these processes it is only possible to reject essentially the majority of free quartz particles without sacrificing recovery of the valuable titania minerals. A level of mineralogically entrained silica will normally remain in titaniferous concentrates.
  • the present invention may be described broadly as an industrially realistic process for alkaline leaching of a titaniferous material, which comprises the following process steps:
  • step (ii) treating the leachant to enhance the effectiveness of the leachant in the removal of impurities in step (i) .
  • the present invention may also be described more particularly as an industrially realistic process for alkaline leaching of a titaniferous material which comprises the following steps:
  • step (iii) treating the leachant from step (ii) to maintain the effectiveness of the leachant in step (i);
  • step (iv) recycling the treated leachant of step (iii) to step (i) .
  • impurities is understood herein to include silica and alumina, although it is also understood that the present invention is not limited to these impurities and may extend to other impurities including phosphates and alkalis amongst others.
  • leachant is understood herein to include liquors that are fed to a leaching step and liquors that exit a leaching step.
  • the treatment step may comprise any treatment which has the effect of preventing the loss of leachant effectiveness in the leaching step due to the formation of solid impurity bearing phases in the leaching step.
  • heating of leachant exiting the leaching step can result in effective precipitation of alumina and silica by virtue of the formation of complex alumina bearing silicates.
  • These silicates may then be removed by solid/liquid separation, conducted in any suitable manner, and the treated leachant may be recycled to the leaching step with the result that the recycled leachant has controlled levels of alumina and silica which avoid the formation of solid complex alumina silicates in the leaching step.
  • solutions formed in leaching can subsequently be allowed to decompose to drop alumina and silica from solution, for example by holding at the leach temperature with or without seed addition for a period of time.
  • the presence of particular chemical agents in the leachant of the process can have a number of beneficial effects in the treatment step.
  • the solubility of impurities such as alumina has been found to be enhanced in solutions having low levels of free caustic allowing lower leachant recirculation rates to be used, i.e. allowing reasonable solids densities to be achieved in the leaching step.
  • the leachant be maintained at a sufficient temperature to enhance leachant effectiveness.
  • Leaching may also be carried out under pressure, i.e. at temperatures greater than the boiling point of the leachant.
  • the leaching step may be conducted in any suitable arrangement. Typically it will be conducted in stirred tank reactors.
  • the leaching step may be conducted in multiple stages or in a single stage, continuously or in batches. Solids and liquids flows through the leaching step may be concurrent or countercurrent. Leach residence times may be closely controlled to prevent reversion reactions between titanates and the leachant which may reprecipitate alumina and silica after initially effective leaching. Such close control may be achieved by batch leaching, or by multistage (e.g. 3 stage) continuous leaching.
  • the slurry may be separated by any suitable solid/liquid separation devices including cyclones, thickeners, filters or centrifuges, or combinations of these devices. Wash water from filtering of the leach residue may or may not be retained in the circuit depending on requirements of the water balance.
  • the liquor streams exiting the leach and wash circuits containing the impurities leached from the titaniferous material may then be treated to maintain its effectiveness in any suitable manner.
  • the treatment step comprises heating to promote precipitation of impurity bearing solids from the leachant
  • heating may be conducted in any practical manner.
  • the injection of live steam into the leachant may be employed.
  • submerged combustion techniques or indirect heat exchange from a hot fluid may be used.
  • the treatment step may comprise the addition of suitable reagents or seed in any practical manner.
  • suitable reagents or seed may be added directly or as a metered slurry. Where appropriate reagents can also be added in solution.
  • the treatment step may be carried out in any suitable equipment. Typically a stirred tank reactor or series of stirred tank reactors will be suitable. Batch- wise or continuous treatment may be employed, and either concurrent or countercurrent contacting with added solids or precipitates formed may be used.
  • a precipitate formed may be separated from the treated leachant by any effective solid/liquid separation technique. Cyclones, filters or centrifuges may be used, for example.
  • the feed titaniferous material may be prepared in any way such as to enhance the susceptibility of impurities to leaching.
  • the feed may be ground or it may be roasted, with or without additives.
  • Additives required to maintain leachant composition may be incorporated into the feed in any manner which ensures the availability of additives for dissolution in the leachant.
  • the treatment step may be carried out, in multiple stages, with each stage (which may itself consist of a number of stages) conducted for the purpose of controlling the composition of the leachant in a specific manner.
  • each stage which may itself consist of a number of stages
  • heating of the leachant to encourage alumina precipitation may be followed by the addition of an alkaline earth bearing reagent such as lime to maintain silica levels below the threshold at which the leachant would lose effectiveness in practical terms, by precipitation of silicates.
  • a minor bleed of leachant from the leach/solution treatment cycle may be operated to control the levels of minor impurities.
  • a proportion of wash liquors may be recycled to the leach/solution treatment cycle as water make up, reducing the size of wash water exit streams and conserving water.
  • the leached titaniferous material may proceed to further processing, e.g. acid leaching for the removal of iron or other impurities and/or physical processing, such as by physical removal of contaminant minerals or agglomeration and/or thermal processing (e.g. calcination), to further enhance final product value.
  • further processing e.g. acid leaching for the removal of iron or other impurities and/or physical processing, such as by physical removal of contaminant minerals or agglomeration and/or thermal processing (e.g. calcination), to further enhance final product value.
  • the present invention may also be described broadly as a process for upgrading the titania content of a titaniferous material which comprises the alkaline leaching process described above.
  • a titaniferous concentrate was ground, mixed and agglomerated with the addition of 0.65% anhydrous borax and 0.65% soda, added as sodium carbonate, and roasted with char at 1000°C.
  • the composition of the roasted product after char separation is given in Table 1. The roasting was conducted to enhance the amenability of silica in the feed to subsequent leaching by formation of a glassy phase.
  • Silica removal was most effective in the first test than in later tests, as was alumina removal. Even when silica and alumina levels in the liquors had stabilised to a steady state condition (tests 5 and 6) silica and alumina removal was lower than indicated in the first cycle. The presence of feldspathoid type aluminosilicates was confirmed in the leach residues of tests 2 to 6.
  • This example illustrates the use of solution treatment in accordance with the present invention to remove deleterious impurities such as alumina from leach liquors, allowing liquor recycle to leach.
  • the leach feed of Table 1 was subjected to leaching with a solution containing 300 gpL Si0 2 , 5 gpL Al 2 0 3 , 150 gpL Na 2 0, and 150 gpL Na 2 B 4 0 7 .
  • the leach was conducted under pressure at 150°C for one hour, at 10% solids density.
  • the alumina content of the liquor ex leach was 6 gpL Al 2 0 3 .
  • the leach residue composition is recorded in Table 4.
  • the leach liquor was subjected to heating to 190°C in the presence of fine sodium feldspar seed for one hour.
  • the final solution aluminium content was 1.3 gpL.
  • the composition of the leach residue recovered after solid/liquid separation and washing is recorded in Table 5.
  • the separated liquors ex leach (containing 2.8 gpL Si0 2 and 0.66 gpL Al 2 0 3 ) were treated by addition of 1.7 gpL of sodium silicate at a Na 2 0 : Si0 2 ratio of 1:3.2 and 5.25 gpL of CaO, holding the resulting suspension for two hours at 90°C.
  • the final liquor composition was 1.1 gpL Si0 2 , 0.47 gpL Al 2 0 3 , 56 gpL Na 2 B 4 0 7 , and 45 gpL Na 2 0. That is, the treated liquor was suitable for recycle to leach (possibly with reagent make up) without net build up of alumina or silica.
  • an effective leach/solution treatment cycle has been identified.
  • Table 1 Composition of Leach Feed in Examples 1 to 3

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Abstract

Procédé réalisable à l'échelle industrielle, destiné au lessivage alcalin d'un matériau titanifère. Ce procédé consiste à: (i) lessiver le matériau titanifère au moyen d'un agent de lessivage alcalin afin que les impuretés qui y sont contenues forment une solution; et (ii) traiter l'agent de lessivage afin d'en améliorer l'efficacité dans l'extraction des impuretés de l'étape (i). L'étape (ii) peut plus notamment impliquer le chauffage de l'agent de lessivage, ou l'ajout d'additifs tel que le silicate de sodium ou la chaux afin d'entraîner la précipitation de l'alumine et de la silice.
EP95915074A 1994-04-15 1995-04-13 Traitement de liqueurs de lessivage pour la valorisation de materiaux titaniferes. Withdrawn EP0764138A4 (fr)

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AUPM5118A AUPM511894A0 (en) 1994-04-15 1994-04-15 Treatment of leach liquors for upgrading a titaniferous material
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